The London winter of 1893 was particularly snowy. Haunted by a storm, Gideon Bliss seeks refuge in a church. There, at the altar, a girl named Angie Tatton lies barely conscious, whispering something about the Soul Stealers. A flash of light, darkness - and Angie disappears. Whirlwinds of snow catch a seamstress stepping over the window frame. She embroidered a mysterious message right on the skin. It will be up to Scotland Yard and the brave journalist Octavia Hillington to solve it, who has finally found a worthy cause to replace the useless gossip column. Octavia and Gideon find themselves woven into the same mystical web - both must uncover the mystery of the seamstress's death, find Angie and dispel the darkness that is gathering over London.